Locust Valley was a village located in the southeastern corner of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States.
The land that today is Locust Valley was part of an area called Lenapehoking and occupied by the Lenape native people prior to the arrival of European settlers.
The Unami were the specific division of the Lenape locally, and they referred to this area as "The Valley Watered by Many Springs".
[3] During the American Revolution, George Bachman was one of the residents who was imprisoned and had all of his property confiscated because he was reluctant to bear arms.
[4] The village developed around an iron mill, P. Weaver Foundry,[5] that is located near the headwaters of Laurel Run, the south branch of Saucon Creek[6]).
In 1862, the village was home to the W. Trumbaur Store[5] on the northwest corner of Locust Valley Rd & Blue Church Rd S. It was either in a portion of the existing 1870 building or one prior to it.
It was run by Peter Weaver out of the building (1832[9]) on the southwest corner of the village crossroads which also served as a tavern.
The 125 acre property, including an 1806, 16 room fieldstone house was purchased from the Donald Smith estate, which spans Bucks and Lehigh Counties.
Baseball legends Joe DiMaggio, Bob Feller, Brooks Robinson, and Bobby Thomson, and Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee Chuck Bednarik played in a tournament in 1986.
Arnold Palmer was known to practice at Locust Valley since his first wife, Winnie Walzer, was from Coopersburg.
In 1946, there were three buses serving the township, and the Locust Valley students were transported to the Lanark School.
[20] The Lanark School was built in 1941 and was located in the northern part of the township, on the east side of Pennsylvania Route 309.
Southern Lehigh School District, which serves Locust Valley public students, was developed in the late 20th century.
A fieldstone farmhouse was built in 1850[27] at the corner of Blue Church Road South and Beverly Hills Rd.